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The word 'evening'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
eveningOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus22.67533
ORK - Orkney 59.6 6 5
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B 111.9 1 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 48.8 11 5
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 20.6 8 6
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 15.1 3 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 47.3 36 6
SEA - South East (Borders) 24.2 2 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of evening in Corpus

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Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
Or in the boat at evening, catchan sillicks wi a wand. on page 95

1 matches

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
rs whaar none wis afore. That evening wir branch o the WRI wis gaan on page 14

1 matches

Leonard, Ingrid Northwords Now 43 - Ingrid Leonard, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Orkney, poetry
bonnie evening, an air so blue it whistled on page 18

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Lallans 67 - Fower Poems efter Rilke, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Orkney, poetry
The Last Evening on page 58

2 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
catch the last report on the evening news.
1 matches

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
und my first Little gull this evening. What a handsome peerie fello(2013)

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
un's me back to Shetland this evening, for the Screenplay film fest(2019)

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Afaistane Presents an Amazing Evening of Clairvoyance, Second Sight on page 59

1 matches

Mid Northern B

Johnston, Shaun The Forkie Gollach, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
lt him a wid be gein up every evening tae come and help oot in his
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
ee ootside lavvies an pit the Evening Express in them. (An for the on page 72

1 matches

General Northern

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
Winifred: Good evening, Conrad. Ah'd love tae catch on page 40

6 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
e get this perspective on the evening news? https://t.co/Cf6AstUsxP (2022) twitter link

@cligeey tweeted
An evening oot https://t.co/WKj5kDIbM7(2020)

@Franwella tweeted
ne maks for a maist excellent evening......as long as we avoid the (2011)
berries. It's ca'd ending the evening on a high note :)(2011)

@glenlivetloon tweeted
#edinburgh #scotland #beach #evening https://t.co/dM0OmuyJbR(2015)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
"Good evening everyone," he says. "Can you on page 51

1 matches

McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
ant to use my short time this evening to focus on my first language
re in oor public gallery this evening. Susi’s children’s book,
2 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
is favourite All in the April Evening, the
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
the other evening.
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Lion Rampant, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
d the last rites the previous evening. The stranger had routed a di
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 75, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
AIBERDEEN'S Evening Express haes reportit on a pr
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
er - just like the edinburgh evening news (2020) twitter link

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
r a prose vairsioun in Winter Evening Tales. The Laird of Kirkmabre on page 142

1 matches

Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
nkle, no a braw start tae the evening, I doubted I would even be ab
1 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
aw aboot it in the Edinburgh Evening News. Ootside oan the front a
1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
ct that'll be performing this evening.' on page 3
the hits of the Rat Pack this evening,' on page 6

2 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ead ae his wee humber fur the evening. "Wit happened, mate?' Danny on page 29

1 matches

General Central

Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
National Collective, Scottish Evening News an ithers haes aw stairt
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
Relief. A guid evening.

@g_hibby tweeted
Likewise, enjoy yer Hogmanay evening.. Dinnae get too pissed... ?? (2022) twitter link
and intae ma kip.. Enjoy yer evening A.. Chill, and get the music (2022) twitter link
y yersel' Joe.. Have a lovely evening, and a Merry Christmas tae ye (2022) twitter link
@maggiemclaren Have a lovely evening Fozzy... And a Happy Birthday (2022) twitter link
e talk John... ?? Have a guid evening mate.. ?? (2023) twitter link
and 5 other occurrences.

@jax6754 tweeted
Happy Monday evening! @GginaAhernByrne @nickybyrne(2014)
Bishop100 Enjoyin ma Saturday evening! xxx http://t.co/IiID4pwjbn(2014)
hear fae you. Enjoy a restful evening! xxx(2014)
ade it oot alricht! Enjoy yir evening and weekend aheid! Hugggggsss(2014)
aqua aerobics class tomorrow evening instead! xxx(2015)
and 13 other occurrences.

@bigandymccoll tweeted
e much scoffing) and then one evening Roddy, having been contacted (2022) twitter link
g it all "as live" fae Sunday evening. Hoping tae be "au courrant" (2022) twitter link

@PeoplesPoet77 tweeted
zieb @jojodinks79 @star_welsh Evening gorgeous ?? I'm sure ya coudn (2022) twitter link
@star_welsh @martinjlansdell Evening gorgeous ?? mustae confused y (2022) twitter link
zieb @jojodinks79 @star_welsh Evening gorgeous ?? hope yer oan a we (2022) twitter link
zieb @jojodinks79 @star_welsh Evening gorgeous ?? are ya mad oan th (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

@officialAliRed tweeted
his through my letterbox this evening (we’re 116 miles frae #Hawic(2019)
ere! A jaunt tae Jethart this evening to see a man about a certain (2019)

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
"Good Evening. I'm looking for Mrs Gourley, on page 1

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